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Mike Johnson believes that white privilege is real and systemic change is needed. How is this man the GOP Speaker? pic.twitter.com/DLHVxxcehm — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 19, 2024 Rand Paul says ‘Speaker Johnson is no longer the GOP Speaker of the House, but Speaker for the Uniparty’ It’s official: @SpeakerJohnson is no longer the GOP …
via Mike Shedlock In a speech that Nikki Haley would endorse 100 percent, Speaker Mike Johnson begs the House to approve more aid to Ukraine and Israel to the tune of $95 billion total. Mike Johnson Gives Impassioned Ukraine Speech Newsweek reports Mike Johnson Gives Impassioned Ukraine Speech as He Defies MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson said …
Speaker Mike Johnson has released text of his four-part proposal to send aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, moving ahead with the plan that’s fueling fresh conservative demands for his ouster. Aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan is split into three different bills, with a fourth that would seize Russian assets, force a TikTok sale …
Speaker Johnson is defiant in the face of new calls for him to vacate the Speakership: "I am not resigning and it is in my view an absurd notion that someone would bring a vacate motion when we are simply here trying to do our jobs." pic.twitter.com/6xaIjxOWS3 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 16, 2024
Sen. Rand Paul on Speaker Johnson: "As I see it now, I'm not sure there's a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge." pic.twitter.com/EdpmlOv8hP — Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) April 14, 2024
So the same FBI, who Johnson admits has thousands of abuses, meet with him in private and he believed every word they said? I loathe this utter phony loser. https://t.co/PWRSnOQjRy — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) April 12, 2024 Unfortunately, Speaker Johnson is caving again. He goes from giving in on spending bills, and possibly the border, …
Republicans panic about post-Mike Johnson meltdown Threats to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are struggling to gain traction as his Republican colleagues fear the oblivion that would follow. Why it matters: House Republicans are vocal about not wanting to repeat last fall’s chaotic, protracted speaker vacancy, with many acknowledging there may be no alternative to the current speaker. One …
🚨BREAKING: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson says he regrets endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 and will not endorse him in 2024. pic.twitter.com/oP2DM5ogE5 — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 5, 2024 “The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was what I thought was the best decision for me at the time. And I thought back then …
Speaker Mike Johnson has named Marjorie Taylor Greene as one of the House managers for the possible impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This comes after Ms Greene filed a motion to vacate after Mr Johnson made a deal with Democrats to fund the government until late September. Committee Chair Mark Green, Foreign …
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) passed a massive $1.2 trillion government funding plan despite the objections of the majority of House Republicans, violating the Hastert Rule and crossing the Rubicon into dangerous territory for the future of his speakership. House Republicans enacted the longstanding rule to prohibit Republican Speakers from colluding with Democrats to pass legislation. …
House Democrats say Mike Johnson has an option to control his future over a motion to vacate from Marjorie Taylor Green: putting a Ukraine aid package on the floor. Several Democrats from across the ideological spectrum said in interviews with POLITICO they would motion to table Greene’s resolution — if it came to a vote …
The US House just passed another $1.2 trillion spending bill stuff with pork and earmarks that we cannot afford. This spending bill keeps the border wide open and even funds all of the benefits to the illegal fake refugees. Speaker Johnson is useless. Vacate the Chair. — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 22, 2024 BREAKING: …
Wells Fargo downgrades Tesla to Underweight, sets $125 price target. "Wells Fargo downgraded Tesla to Underweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $125, down from $200." $TSLA (is Wall Street turning on $TSLA?) pic.twitter.com/vUYvdG6ohc — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) March 13, 2024 Shares now down 58% from the $414.50 high [November 2021]$TSLA https://t.co/UN5XacXGGA — …
GOP Rep. Ken Buck will retire from Congress next week leaving Republicans with a razor-thin majority. Following the resignation of Kevin McCarthy, Bill Johnson, Ken Buck and the ousting of George Santos, the Republicans will be left with a razor-thin majority of 218-213. Last November RINO Rep. Buck from Colorado’s 4th congressional district said he …
The state of our union under President Biden: three years of decline. pic.twitter.com/Da1KOIb3eR — Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 7, 2024
House Republicans released 5,000 hours more of security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday, but Speaker Mike Johnson announced — in a reversal — that the House Administration Committee will no longer blur the faces of individuals in the footage. “Additionally, upon extensive further consultation with the Committee, and at …
Speaker Mike Johnson made “unequivocally” clear that he wants to avoid a government shutdown during a private Tuesday meeting with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Biden’s stalled request for Ukraine aid, however, remains more in doubt. With just four days to go until federal funding partially …
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by Chris Black Boris Johnson apparently told Zelensky that there was no way he could win the war. He flew in, after all the details had been worked out for a peace treaty between Moscow and Kiev, and told Zelensky to never surrender. Unless he threatened Zelensky, he must have told him: “The entire machine …
A moderate House Democrat is circulating a resolution to protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential removal attempt by one of his party’s hardliners, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Centrist Democrats have floated protecting Johnson to give him room to put bipartisan legislation on the floor. The resolution, authored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer …
NEW – Tucker Carlson says Boris Johnson wants "a million dollars" from him to talk about Ukraine.pic.twitter.com/4xuPnt4C7Q — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 20, 2024 🇺🇸TUCKER: "BORIS JOHNSON IS A LOT SLEAZIER THAN PUTIN" "This is, by the way, the guy who single-handedly, at the request of the US government, stopped the peace deal in Ukraine a …
“If you’re worried about the people of Ukraine, you have to understand that probably 100,000 of their soldiers have been killed,” Johnson continued, adding “The only way this war ends is in a settlement, and every day that the war goes on, more Ukrainians and more Russian conscripts die, more civilians die, and more of …
House Republicans are preparing a second attempt at passing legislation reauthorizing a controversial surveillance power. The Rules Committee will take up legislation Wednesday that would make changes to and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The authority is meant to target foreigners abroad but has come under scrutiny for its ability to …
In a stunning defeat, the House rejected impeachment charges against the homeland security secretary, as rank-and-file lawmakers balked at what they considered a misuse of the process. The United States House of Representatives rejected impeachment charges against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, on Tuesday after a small group of Republicans broke with their …
“I’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected, and won’t come close to ending the border catastrophe the President has created. As the lead Democrat negotiator proclaimed: Under this legislation, “the border never closes.” If this bill reaches the House, it will be dead on arrival.” I’ve seen enough. This bill is …
Donald Trump helped kill Congress’ last big bid for an immigration compromise. As the Senate closes in on its next attempt, members of both parties are prepared for the former president to try it again. Speaker Mike Johnson’s televised acknowledgement that he’s consulting with Trump on border policy is giving déjà vu to senators who witnessed the …
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., tells ‘The Story’ why his deal with Senate Democrats was the right move.
Key sentence by the reporter: “That is the information provided to us” By who?Aren’t they supposed to investigate themselves? — Kevin (@BabyNora6) January 10, 2024
Collins: Does that include potentially moving to oust Speaker Johnson from his job? Roy: Again, that’s not the road I prefer… Collins: You said you don’t prefer it, but you did not say no. Collins: Does that include potentially moving to oust Speaker Johnson from his job? Roy: Again, that's not the road I prefer… …
House Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues on Sunday that Congressional negotiators have reached a topline spending figure to avert a federal government shutdown on Jan. 19 for some government agencies, and Feb. 2 for others. According to a Sunday “Dear Colleague” letter, the topline deal – which mostly adheres to a deal reached between the …